Congratulations! You made it! You survived and excelled in your student teaching. You are now a science teacher! If you would, take a few minutes to share your wisdom about how to negotiate this difficult year with the students who are following in your footsteps by answering the following questions.
a. What are some things students should do in their fall practicum to make their student teaching go more smoothly?
1. Make sure that you talk to your CT about the unit that you are going to teach. This way you can actually put your unit to good use in your spring semester.
2. Spend as much time as you can in the school that you are going to student teach in. Do not just spend the minimum required time. The more the students see you, the more comfortable you will be when you start. Spend enough time so that you as least know every student's name by the time you start.
3. Teach a lesson. Talk to your CT and ask them if you can teach a lesson. This will give you an idea about how the students respond to you and you can them adapt your planning according to how the lesson goes.
b. What 430 topics/assignments should students make sure are addressed in detail to prepare them for student teaching?
1. The unit plan. Develop your lessons so that they are ready to use. Put together all of the materials, make the worksheets, find the videos, etc. This way you have everything ready for when you start.
2. Make your wikispace. Make your wikispace before you start student teaching. I would suggest creating if over winter break when you have time. This will be one less thing you will have to worry about when you start.
c. Help the next group of science education student teachers by completing the thought: "If I knew in September what I know now, I could have done a better job during student teaching if I had ...."
1. Spent all of my Christmas money on teacher clothes. You need them!
2. Developed my own set of rules to establish on the first day of student teaching. If you do not agree with the structure of your CT's class, you should set some ground rules.
3. Made all of my tests before I taught the unit.
4. Developed my Unit plan for my high school placement instead of my middle school.
d. Are there other words of wisdom/encouragement that you want to share?
Write down what you CT tells you. You might learn something small that will make a huge difference one day in your own classroom. Even if it seems obvious, write it down. Take notes at team meetings. There are a lot of great ideas that come about during team meetings. Whether it be a parent teacher conference, how to handle a failing student, or interactions between team members, it is all important to remember. Be nice to your students. Show them that you care! They will be much more responsive to you if they know that you are willing to put in the extra time to help them out after school. Put in the time! Lastly, collect any file, lesson, worksheet, etc that you can from other teachers. Sit in on classes! Start collecting resources that you will be able to use one day!
a. What are some things students should do in their fall practicum to make their student teaching go more smoothly?
1. Make sure that you talk to your CT about the unit that you are going to teach. This way you can actually put your unit to good use in your spring semester.
2. Spend as much time as you can in the school that you are going to student teach in. Do not just spend the minimum required time. The more the students see you, the more comfortable you will be when you start. Spend enough time so that you as least know every student's name by the time you start.
3. Teach a lesson. Talk to your CT and ask them if you can teach a lesson. This will give you an idea about how the students respond to you and you can them adapt your planning according to how the lesson goes.
b. What 430 topics/assignments should students make sure are addressed in detail to prepare them for student teaching?
1. The unit plan. Develop your lessons so that they are ready to use. Put together all of the materials, make the worksheets, find the videos, etc. This way you have everything ready for when you start.
2. Make your wikispace. Make your wikispace before you start student teaching. I would suggest creating if over winter break when you have time. This will be one less thing you will have to worry about when you start.
c. Help the next group of science education student teachers by completing the thought: "If I knew in September what I know now, I could have done a better job during student teaching if I had ...."
1. Spent all of my Christmas money on teacher clothes. You need them!
2. Developed my own set of rules to establish on the first day of student teaching. If you do not agree with the structure of your CT's class, you should set some ground rules.
3. Made all of my tests before I taught the unit.
4. Developed my Unit plan for my high school placement instead of my middle school.
d. Are there other words of wisdom/encouragement that you want to share?
Write down what you CT tells you. You might learn something small that will make a huge difference one day in your own classroom. Even if it seems obvious, write it down. Take notes at team meetings. There are a lot of great ideas that come about during team meetings. Whether it be a parent teacher conference, how to handle a failing student, or interactions between team members, it is all important to remember. Be nice to your students. Show them that you care! They will be much more responsive to you if they know that you are willing to put in the extra time to help them out after school. Put in the time! Lastly, collect any file, lesson, worksheet, etc that you can from other teachers. Sit in on classes! Start collecting resources that you will be able to use one day!